The PSP is far From a Failure

***wraggster*** · August 29th, 2006, 16:45

When looking around at the Gaming press you see storys of Doom and Gloom about the PSP maybe the UMD movies have flopped a bit and Games sales arent as high as they want, but what you have to remember is that the PSP is Sonys first venture into a market that Nintendo have dominated since the first Gameboy release.

To enter a market even with a more powerful machine and going against the recognised handheld brand name worldwide was never going to be easy.

The amazing success of the DS with games that have brought new gamers to our video game world would make any other system struggle, in Japan that has been the case but in the USA and Europe the PSP has easily held its own against the DS.

New colours of the PSP like the Pink version being released will appeal to the female & Gay population and as long as Sony start releasing quality games the PSP will always be a success.

One area where Sony must get to grips with to survive is the hacking of their firmware and the ISO loaders that come off it. With the release of the Tiff Exploit yesterday they really must secure their system and yes they will lockout homebrewers but as great as the homebrew scene is, we are also responsible for companies becoming disillusioned with the PSP, its not nice seeing your game that cost millions to produce warezed all over the internet. If Sony are to take action they need to sort out the firmware, Stop the ISO LOaders and distribution with Cease and Desist Notification and also stop all the warez PSP sites who offer games and movies for downloads.

Agree or Disagree lets have your comments

**Gizmo356** · August 29th, 2006, 16:57

Yeah I Agree With You Iso Loaders And Warez Just Destroys The Home Brew Scene

**AtariFreek** · August 29th, 2006, 16:58

I Agree As Well. That's All I'm Going To Say.

**JesusXP** · August 29th, 2006, 17:01

I agree, hardly can be considered a failure having shipped as many units as they have. I use my PSP primarily for MP3's though.. which is pretty lame considering I bought it for Homebrewing :P (blame my hectic schedule). But anyways.. I would prefer to use my PSP as more or less a pocket PC.. It'd be nice to see a Keyboard attachment, sorta like the UMPC concept, where you could fold it up book style. It'd be nice to email, surf, txt, etc.. dreams

**rock_light** · August 29th, 2006, 17:03

PSP should be easier to pirate. You guys are silly.
And ye shall all be gifted a pink psp for xmas.
I know that you all think silly things.
Thank you for irshell, (isos) gba gpsp, (sweet im playing final fantasy iv advance and megaman zero on psp!)
Its truely thanks to such a beautiful scene that we can enjoy faster and more secure anti-homebrew updates from sony!
Long live PSP whichever side of the scene dominates. Good or bad.
Btw: Emulation is what hurts consoles. Not isos.

**gr42178** · August 29th, 2006, 17:30

Originally Posted by rock_light

PSP should be easier to pirate. You guys are silly.
And ye shall all be gifted a pink psp for xmas.
I know that you all think silly things.
Thank you for irshell, (isos) gba gpsp, (sweet im playing final fantasy iv advance and megaman zero on psp!)
Its truely thanks to such a beautiful scene that we can enjoy faster and more secure anti-homebrew updates from sony!
Long live PSP whichever side of the scene dominates. Good or bad.
Btw: Emulation is what hurts consoles. Not isos.

How does emulation hurt consoles? The games being emulated are no longer in circulation, so no developer is making money off of them. I$o's are what cost the developers money, not emulating 10 year old dead systems...

**daCuk** · August 29th, 2006, 17:32

The only reason PSP (and PS2) have sold that well all over the world is because they are easy to pirate.
So don't start playing the good guys denying a fact that is clear to everybody.

**JesusXP** · August 29th, 2006, 17:33

You'd be surprised at how stupid the general population is my friend.. Why do you think certain games sell well?

Not everyone knows how to pirate, and PSP is among the hardest for non technically inclined people. Good luck explaining tiff exploits, downgrading procedures, devhook and iso loading to your average joe.

Also, I can agree Emulation hurts consoles.. Stops the sales of new games if ppl just play free rips of old roms. Why buy midway classics when you have them available for free!? etc. (You know... playing devils advocate.. but it still can have an effect)

**felonyr301** · August 29th, 2006, 17:37

thats true ps2's sell well because of the name and parents just want to make their kid happy and bam they buy them like on every 2 years because it keeps breaking over time genius just genius sony its a time bomb and a sure way to have those numbers up there lol...